diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb
index 1e6aaf2bb5..ca213185ed 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb
@@ -68,31 +68,42 @@ module Homebrew
           unversioned_name = unversioned_formula.basename(".rb")
           problem "#{formula} is versioned but no #{unversioned_name} formula exists"
         end
-      elsif @build_stable &&
-            formula.stable? &&
+      elsif formula.stable? &&
             !@versioned_formula &&
             (versioned_formulae = formula.versioned_formulae - [formula]) &&
             versioned_formulae.present?
-        versioned_aliases = formula.aliases.grep(/.@\d/)
+        versioned_aliases, unversioned_aliases = formula.aliases.partition { |a| a =~ /.@\d/ }
         _, last_alias_version = versioned_formulae.map(&:name).last.split("@")
+
         alias_name_major = "#{formula.name}@#{formula.version.major}"
-        alias_name_major_minor = "#{alias_name_major}.#{formula.version.minor}"
+        alias_name_major_minor = "#{formula.name}@#{formula.version.major_minor}"
         alias_name = if last_alias_version.split(".").length == 1
           alias_name_major
         else
           alias_name_major_minor
         end
-        valid_alias_names = [alias_name_major, alias_name_major_minor]
+        valid_main_alias_names = [alias_name_major, alias_name_major_minor].uniq
 
-        unless @core_tap
-          versioned_aliases.map! { |a| "#{formula.tap}/#{a}" }
-          valid_alias_names.map! { |a| "#{formula.tap}/#{a}" }
+        # Also accept versioned aliases with names of other aliases, but do not require them.
+        valid_other_alias_names = unversioned_aliases.flat_map do |name|
+          %W[
+            #{name}@#{formula.version.major}
+            #{name}@#{formula.version.major_minor}
+          ].uniq
         end
 
-        valid_versioned_aliases = versioned_aliases & valid_alias_names
-        invalid_versioned_aliases = versioned_aliases - valid_alias_names
+        unless @core_tap
+          [versioned_aliases, valid_main_alias_names, valid_other_alias_names].each do |array|
+            array.map! { |a| "#{formula.tap}/#{a}" }
+          end
+        end
 
-        if valid_versioned_aliases.empty?
+        valid_versioned_aliases = versioned_aliases & valid_main_alias_names
+        invalid_versioned_aliases = versioned_aliases - valid_main_alias_names - valid_other_alias_names
+
+        latest_versioned_formula = versioned_formulae.map(&:name).first
+
+        if valid_versioned_aliases.empty? && alias_name != latest_versioned_formula
           if formula.tap
             problem <<~EOS
               Formula has other versions so create a versioned alias: